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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






2. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






3. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






4. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






5. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






6. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders






7. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






8. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






9. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project






10. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






11. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






12. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






13. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






14. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






15. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






16. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






17. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






18. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






19. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions






20. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






21. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






22. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






23. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.






24. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.






25. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






26. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






27. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






28. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






29. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






30. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






31. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






32. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






33. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






34. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






35. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






36. A component of work performed during the course of a project






37. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






38. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






39. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






40. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






41. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project






42. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.






43. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






44. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






45. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






46. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements






47. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project






48. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






49. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






50. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones